Sorry if this had been posted before I am so confused and scared and worried about him going into brumation
He is 15-16 months and i would say end of September he started not coming down off his shelf so i physically brought him off and put him under the lamp then October time started eating maybe just a couple of bugs every day instead of a meal but now he is refusing to eat at all
Now every day he is going into his hide and I should prob leave him in there I know but I’m taking him out and putting him under the light amd offering food some days he will have 1 locust other days nothings some days a mouth of salad other days nothing - last parasite test showed low coccidia and low pinworm which is good as from about 6 months he’s had high or moderate coccidia and it has really only bothered him once which he got over and was fine
Because he is having the odd bug I’m scared of him brumating because don’t they have to have an empty tummy before ? What I would like help with is is he trying to brumate ? Shall I leave him be even with the possibility of some poo that needs to come out ? If I leave him I’m scared he’ll starve to death or that it’s not brumation he’s ill - should I stop feeding him bugs all together now ? Amd just let him do his thing? If it is brumation what do I do with the lights and heat ? Sorry panic as not done a winter like this before
He is 15-16 months and i would say end of September he started not coming down off his shelf so i physically brought him off and put him under the lamp then October time started eating maybe just a couple of bugs every day instead of a meal but now he is refusing to eat at all
Now every day he is going into his hide and I should prob leave him in there I know but I’m taking him out and putting him under the light amd offering food some days he will have 1 locust other days nothings some days a mouth of salad other days nothing - last parasite test showed low coccidia and low pinworm which is good as from about 6 months he’s had high or moderate coccidia and it has really only bothered him once which he got over and was fine
Because he is having the odd bug I’m scared of him brumating because don’t they have to have an empty tummy before ? What I would like help with is is he trying to brumate ? Shall I leave him be even with the possibility of some poo that needs to come out ? If I leave him I’m scared he’ll starve to death or that it’s not brumation he’s ill - should I stop feeding him bugs all together now ? Amd just let him do his thing? If it is brumation what do I do with the lights and heat ? Sorry panic as not done a winter like this before